Practical AI: A Field Guide to Working with Claude -- Independent Learner's Edition

Written for independent learners

• self-taught adults,
• homeschoolers,
• and motivated students from the senior high through college level

This edition is for anyone teaching themselves to work well with AI without a classroom around them.

It trades hype for judgment: how to ask well, how to check what comes back, and how to stay in charge of the result.

Each chapter pairs plain explanation with hands-on practice, guided notes, and review questions you can work through on your own, all organized around a simple lens — Judgment, Honesty, Scrutiny, and Friction — that you will carry far beyond any one tool.

The technology will keep changing. The thinking is what lasts.